Jon Rahm misses gimme putt at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Ten inches — it was a putt that ought to have been nothing for the world’s present high golfer, Jon Rahm. However one thing simply went flawed. He didn’t take a full stance, strolling as much as the ball on the inexperienced to faucet it in. The ball traveled about three inches earlier than coming to a cease, turning what would have been a par-3 right into a bogey for the outlet as Rahm needed to take a second crack at it.

The misstep occurred on the seventh gap within the first spherical of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Rory McIlroy has a strong lead for the time being, although Rahm and a number of other different golfers are nonetheless in rivalry because the event continues over the subsequent two days.

Rahm has been sitting atop the world golf rankings for 40 weeks after ending first on the 2021 U.S. Open and within the high eight of the opposite three 2021 majors. The shot he was taking has a make-percentage of over 99.9 %, in response to the PGA. It’s the shortest miss on tour this season. However hey, it occurs typically — largely to the remainder of us, however typically to the most effective of us.

And he’s not the primary poor soul this sort of factor has ever occurred to as on the 1985 Ryder Cup, Craig Stadler missed a 14-inch putt that will have gained the match, and Europe went on to take the trophy. Stewart Cink missed a tap-in on the 2001 U.S. Open (a lot larger stakes than the Arnold Palmer Invitational), and Hale Irwin truly utterly whiffed the ball on a tap-in putt in the course of the 1983 Open Championship.

In 2021, golfer Justin Warren missed a one-footer in a qualifier that, had he made the putt, would have given him his first ever PGA Tour begin. McIlroy had a very useful piece of recommendation afterwards — “Don’t miss one-footers, I assume.” Possibly he’ll go that nugget of knowledge onto Rahm this week, as effectively.

Rahm has just one main win below his belt at 27 years previous, however fellow professional Pat Perez instructed Golf Digest that Rahm doesn’t plan on retiring till he’s crushed Jack Niklaus’ 18 main wins, which even Tiger Woods has discovered himself unable to do as he approaches 50. Perez additionally believes that Rahm won’t face the accidents that Tiger has suffered due to his golf swing.

He’ll have his subsequent shot in a month when the 2022 Masters kicks off at Augusta.